The right to learn campaign
Rabia Moosa
“Education is not preparation for life,
education is life itself”- John Dewey
In South Africa, the right to education
is guaranteed by section 29 of the Bill
of Rights. Every individual deserves
a chance at an education in order
to have a chance at life. Many individuals aren’t lucky enough to study
further than matric because they all
can’t afford to.
After speaking to NWU Branch chairperson of the RTLC (Right to Learn
Campaign), Mongesi Seyale, he
shed some light on theRTLC. Established in 2013, The Right to Learn
Campaign, which is a nationwide
initiative which intends to help and
assist students with financial difficulties. They aim at providing students with funds to pay off
any amount being
owed by
them to
the university
as
well
as
helping others
to pay their
registration
fees.
nomena they will be able to illustrate
and create new ways in which they
can offer sustainable solutions.
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These are but a few of the contributions made by RTLC to help improve
the quality of studying for all students
needing assistance.
As mentioned above, the members
involved in the RTLC will run a number of event that will raise funds, they
include:
• The RTLC Car-wash and Shisanyama
• The RTLC Business Dinner
Another fundraiser for the 2014
RTLC will be the Register a Friend
project. In which students will be
asked to pledge the amount of R100
towards the registration of a fellow
student.
The income that
they generate
comes from different fundraisers
held by SASCO
and SRC members
of the university.
These fund raisers
are held on campus, t h e r e f o r e
this initiative is for students, by students. With access to important data
such as the number of students who
have applied to study on the campus, the number of successful applicants, the number of unsuccessful
applicants, the number of successful
applicants that actually register, the
number of successful applicants that
fail to register, the number of registered students that graduate and the
number that drops out as well as the
underlying reasons for these phe-
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